Fare-register and signal operating device.



A. L. ZIEGLER, C. C. MONTEITH & H. M. LOUX.

FARE REGISTER AND SIGNAL OPERATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 28, I913.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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Tm: COLUMBIA PLI OQRAPM 60., WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

ANDREW L. ZIEGLER, COLIN C. MONTEITH, AND HARRY M. LOUX, OF SAN DIEGO,

. CALIFORNIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed October 28, 1913. Serial No. 797,875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Anonnw L.- ZIEGLER, COLIN G. MONTEITH, and HARRY M. LOUX, citizens of the United States, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in F are- Register and Signal Operating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fare registering and signal operating devices such as are used on passenger conveyors, street cars and the like, for example, or in amusement parks or any place where two different kinds of admission are to be recorded or registered.

In many types of operating mechanisms for registers, the devices which are used to actuate the recording or registering mechanism comprise straps or other members which depend into the aisles or in the path of the passengers and annoy the latter, or even cause injury. In the operating mechanism arranged according to our invention, the movable parts within reach are not in the way of the passengers.

A further object of our invention is to construct a device which is especially adapted for use in side entrance cars of the payas-you-enter type, although the invention is not limited to such a construction.

A further advantage of this invention is that the handle of the bell cord and the handle controlling the register operating means are arranged in close proximity to each other and on the same supporting column, the actuating means for the register being partly arranged within a standard sothat there will be no parts low enough on the outside of the supporting standard to he accidentally touched by the'passenger.

The above, and other objects and the novel features of the invention will be apparent from taken in connection with the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side .elevation of the fare register and signal-operating device embodying our invention, parts being broken away and shown in section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of part of the supporting column showing the actuating mechanism mounted thereon. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View along the line 33 of Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of the arrows. ,Fig A -is a the following description,

detail view of the locking means for the handle, by means of which the register is operated.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates a tubular supporting standard which may be in the form of several lengths of metal pipe connected by the unions 11 and 12. At the upper and lower ends, respectively, of the standard 10, flanges 13 and 1a are provided by means of which the standard is secured to the ceiling and to the floor of the car at the side entrance of the same. Two bracing pipes 1.5 are joined to the union 12 at their ends, and to a suitable part of the car at their opposite ends to properly brace the standard, and may also form part of the inclosure in which the conductor stands.

The fare register or recording device 16 is located at a convenient place on the car, and the actuating link or lever 17 is pivotally connected with the counting or other mechanism within the register. At its outer end the lever 17 is pivoted in the forked end of a crank lever 18 rigidly mounted to turn with the square or angular shaft 19 which extends lengthwise of the car from the standard 10 to a point adjacent the register. The square shaft 19 extends through and is journaled in the bearings 20 on opposite sides of the union l1. Collars 21 secured to the shaft at the outer sides of the bearings 20 limit the endwise movement of the shaft 19 in its bearings, but permit the rotation of the same.

Extending through a slot 21 in the union 11 there is a lever 22 which is rigidly mounted on the shaft 19 and may be operated to oscillate the latter in its bearings. The levers 1S and 22 connected by means of the shaft 19 thus form an oscillating or rockable lever mechanism supported by the column 10. The mechanism for oscillating the said lever mechanism comprises a sleeve 28 which is slidable longitudinally on the outside of the section of the pipe below the union. 12. The sleeve 23 is mounted about waist or chest high so that the conductor may easily grip the same and move it along the standard in either direction-to actuate the register. A block 24 within the standard and about the same diameter as the interior of the standard is rigidly connected to the sleeve by means of the screws 25 which pass through a slot 26 extending longitudinally of the standard- A connecting rod 27 is seguide cured into the block 24: and extends upwardly within the tubular standard, the upper end thereof having a guide and connection bar 28 secured thereto by the nuts 28. The guide and connection bar 28, as shown in Fig. 3, has a portion within the tubular standard which is enlarged, and serves to the upper end of the rod 27, and has a shank 29 which extends through a longitudinal slot 30 in the tube, and at its outer end is connected by means of the link 31 to the lever 22 mounted on the shaft 19. The ends of the link 31 are freely pivoted in the lever 22 and extension 29, respectively, so that it is free to assume any position. A retractor spring 32 is secured at one end to the pivotal connection 33 between the link 31 and lever 22, and at its opposite end is secured to a chain or other flexible member 34:, the end of the latter being secured to the standard 10 by means of: the bolt 35. The spring 32 serves to automatically return the lever 22 to its intermediate position after it has been lowered, the lever returning to the intermediate position after it has been raised, by gravity, due to the weight of the connected parts.

The normal position of the lever 22 is as shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2, and as the arrangement of the device is for the pur pose of registering two different classes of fares, one class may be registered by moving the lever 22 upwardly, and another class may be registered by moving the lever from its neutral position downwardly, as indicated by the dotted lines 221 and 222. The neutral position of the extension 29 is, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, at about a central position between the ends of the slot 30. The ends of said slot may serve to limit the movement in either direction. The normal or neutral position of the sleeve 23 is also in a central position intermediate the ends of the slot 26 and it may be locked in such a position by means of the pin 38 which fits in and projects from the opposite ends of a recess 38 in the block 24. The pin 38 has a shank 39 that projects through a hole in the sleeve and is accessible from the exterior. The pin 38 is normally pressed outwardly by a suitable spring 40 secured in a groove 41 in the block 24, the said spring engaging the inner end of the pin. The opposite sides of the larger diameter of the pin 38 fit in recesses 42 on opposite sides of the slot 26, and when the conductor depresses the pin by engaging the shank 39 the sleeve is free to be. moved in either direction, since the diameter of the shank 39 is slightly less than the width of the slot. As the sleeve is returned to normal or intermediate position, the spring 40 will snap the pin into locking ,position and lock the operating mechanism until the pin is again depressed to release the sleeve and parts connected thereto. 7

Directly below the union 11 and on opposite sides of the standard there are a pair of bearings d2 each of which supports a grooved free wheel or cord guide 43, by means of which the bell or signal cord 4A is guided, the free ends of the cords 44 extending through eyes d5 at opposite sides of the standard and having handles d6 attached thereto and depending adjacent the grip sleeve 23. This arrangement locates the fare registering mechanism and bell or signal operating means at one place so that both are readily accessible and in sight at all times.

By means of the foregoing arrangement, it will be clear that a simple and convenient arrangement has been provided for the purpose of operating fare registering mechanism and signaling means, and as it is clear that the arrangement is susceptibleot numerous changes, we do not wish to limit ourselves to the exact details, as shown and de scribed.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim is:

1. In mechanism of the class described, the combination of a standard, a handle 'movable longitudinally of the standard in either direction. from a neutral position, a rod connected to be moved by said handle, register actuating means, and means con necting said rod with said actuating means.

2. In mechanism of the class described, the combination of a tubular supporting standard, handle in the form of a sleeve slidable on said standard, in either direction from its neutral or normal position, a rod within the standard and connected to be moved by said sleeve, register actuating means, and means connecting said rod with the said actuating means.

3. In mechanism of the class described, the combination of a tubular standard adapted to be connected at its ends to a car or the like, register actuating means pivoted on said tubular standard, and means for oscillating said register actuating means comprising a grip slidable longitudinally of said standard and operably connecte with said actuating means. 3

at. The combination with a register, of actuating means therefor movable to register diiierent classes of fares, means for op erating said actuating means comprising a rockable lever mechanism, a tubular standard supporting said mechanism, and a handle member fitting the exterior surface of the standard and connected to the lever mechanism and slidable along said tubular standard.

5.'The combination with a register, of actuating means therefor movable to register different classes of fares, means for operating said actuating means comprising a rockable lever mechanism, a supporting.

standard therefor, a handle movable along said standard in either direction from its neutral position and connected to rock said lever mechanism, and means for locking the handle in its neutral position.

6. The combination with a register, of actuating means therefor, a rockable lever mechanism for operating said actuating means to register different classes of fares, a support for said lever mechanism, a handle reciprocable in either direction from a neutral position and operatively connected with said lever mechanism, and means for looking said handle in a neutral position.

'7. In mechanism of the class described, the combination of a tubular standard, register actuating means, a rockable lever mechanism connected to said actuating means and mounted in said standard, a normally locked handle slidable along the standard, a rod movable with said handle and disposed within the standard, a link connection between the rod and said lever mechanism, and means for returning the lever mechanism and the connected parts to normal position after operation of the register.

8. In mechanism of the class described, the combination of register actuating means, a handle connected to operate said register actuating means, and means for locking said handle in neutral position comprising a recessed member along which the handle moves, and a depressible element movable with the handle and normally tending to engage a recess in said member.

9. In mechanism of the class described, the combination of register actuating means, a tubular standard, a rockable lever mechanism mounted on the standard and connected to said actuating means, said tubular standard having longitudinal slots therein, a sleeve slidable along said standard and constituting an operating handle, a rod disposed within the tubular member, connections extending through said slots to connect the rod with said rockable lever mechanism, said sleeve and locking means normally locking the sleeve in inoperative position.

10. The combination with a register adapted to register two classes of fares, actuating means for said register, and means for operating said actuating means to two positions on opposite sides of a neutral position to register different classes of fares, said operating means comprising a tubular standard, a rockable lever mechanism supported on the standard and connected with the actuating means, a grip sleeve normally in a neutral position and slidable along the exterior of said tubular standard in either direction from neutral position, and connections between said sleeve and the rockable lever mechanism.

11. In mechanism of the class described, the combination with a car, of a tubular supporting standard resting on and extending upwardly from the floor of the car, a handle in the form of a sleeve slidable along the outside of said standard, a device within the standard and connected to said sleeve and movable therewith when said sleeve is reciprocated along said standard, a register, actuating means therefor and means connecting said device with said actuating means.

12. In a mechanism of the class described, the combination of a vertical supporting standard adapted to be mounted on the floor of a car and extending upwardly therefrom, register actuating means, a handle operatively connected with said actuating means and slidable a limited distance longitudinally of said standard, said handle being normally disposed approximately waist high so that it will be within convenient reach of an operator, signal operating means, and means on said standard for guiding said signal operating means along the standard to a point near said handle whereby said signal operating means and handle will be Within easy reach and in sight of the operator.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW L. ZIEGLER. COLIN C. MONTEITH. HARRY M. LOUX. Witnesses:

W. S. KnYss, H. A. BRADEEN.

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